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MVP Bridge for Windows by Steve Estvanik Windows programming by Craig Kellog An MVP Software Production This game is shareware. You may freely try it. If you like it or find it useful, then you must register with MVP Software. When you register you will receive the best Bridge game available today, Eddie Kantar's Bridge Companion for Windows. Developed by the designers of MVP Bridge for Windows, Eddie Kantar's Bridge Companion for Windows includes all of the following additional features: * Multiplayer Option * Duplicate Bridge * Chicago Scoring * 6 Additional Conventions * Standard American Bidding (in addition to Goren) * Ability to enter, edit, save and play special or saved hands * All new card backs and music * 50 hand tutorial by Eddie Kantar. Whether you're a novice Bridge player or a seasoned veteran, you will learn new tricks from the world-famous Bridge expert, author, and syndicated columnist Eddie Kantar. Mr. Kantar created these special tutorial hands for Eddie Kantar's Bridge Companion for Windows. They take you through the hand in an interactive manner, as if you were playing the hand with Kantar looking over you shoulder and helping you make the best play! This is a feature no Bridge enthusiast will want to miss. Eddie Kantar's Bridge Companion for Windows comes in an attractive full-color box, suitable for gift-giving. With extensive on-line help, it is easy to learn and use. To register your copy of MVP Bridge for Windows and receive the Kantar Bridge game, call 800-968-9684 (order line only please) from anywhere in the US or Canada, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Overseas orders or technical support call 616-245-8376. Or print the ORDER.FRM file and fax it to MVP Software at 616-245-3204, or mail it to MVP Software, 1035 Dallas SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407. Eddie Kantar's Bridge Companion for Windows is just $39.95 plus shipping, and this price includes registration of MVP Bridge for Windows at no additional cost! The regular retail price for Eddie Kantar's Bridge Companion for Windows is $59.95. However, as a MVP customer, your price is just $39.95. So order today! Registered users receive a special offer on other MVP products and are notified when updates are available. To order, call 800-968-9684 toll-free 24 hours a day. Please have your Master Card or Visa ready when you call. Or fill out the order form at the end of this manual and fax it to: 616-245-3204. Make sure your credit card number and expiration date are legible. Or if you prefer mail the order form and your check to: MVP Software, 1035 Dallas SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407. For overseas orders or technical support call 616-245-8376. _______ ____|__ | (R) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER MVP Software is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman at 70007,3536. -------------------------------------- Download All the Latest MVP Shareware Games FREE If your favorite BBS doesn't have an MVP file section, then you may be missing some great shareware. 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Ordering Information Eddie Kantar's Bridge Companion is available from the following authorized distributors: In the United States: -------------------- MVP Software 1035 Dallas SE Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407 phone: 800-968-9684 24-hour order line only (616) 245-8376 information, technical support, or orders. fax: (616) 245-3204 order price: $39.95 plus $3.00 shipping in the US, $4.00 shipping to Canada, $5.00 shipping everywhere else. Michigan residents please add appropriate sales tax. 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Company Ltd 302 Bellwins, 1367-23 Nakagami, Akishima Tokyo 196 phone: 425-46-9141 Fax: 425-46-9142 BBS: 425-46-9143 6300 yen includes shipping and taxes Germany, Austria, and Switzerland --------------------------------- JDS -- Software Vertrieb Jens Driese Postfach 1269 D-26302 phone: 04451-85743 Fax: 04451-860500 CIS: 100273,2252 BTX: DRIESE# price: 69 DM (includes taxes) plus 6 DM shipping The Netherlands --------------- HaSa Software Applications PO Box 414 9500 AK Stadskanaal phone: 5990 50161 Fax: 5990 50124 BBS: 5990 50212 or 50314 or 50232 CIS: 100115,542 price: Call for current price Italy ----- Systems Comunicazioni srl via Olanda 6 - 20083 Gaggiano phone: (02) 9084 1814 Fax: (02) 9084 1682 BBS: (02) 9084 1811 price: Lire 87.000 IVA inclusa Spain ----- Friendware S.L. C/ Miguel Angel, 6 2-5 28010 Madrid phone: (91) 308 34 46 Fax: (91) 308 52 97 CIS: 100413,1667 price: 5.600 Pts EDDIE KANTAR'S BRIDGE COMPANION FOR WINDOWS ORDER FORM Name ________________________________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________________________ City _______________________________ State ______ ZIP _______________ Country (if outside USA) ____________________________________________ CIRCLE DISK SIZE: 5-1/4" -or- 3-1/2" IMPORTANT! Price of Eddie Kantar's Bridge Companion for Windows $39.95 Shipping and Handling (US) 4.00 Shipping and Handling (Canada) 5.00 Shipping and Handling (all other countries) 6.00 Michigan residents add sales tax 2.64 ------ Make check payable to "MVP Software" Total enclosed: $ Master Card/Visa information (credit card orders only) Card number __________________________________________ Expiration number ____________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- VOLUNTARY QUESTIONS: Please help us determine what features you would like ==================== in future products. Circle what type of equipment you have: 286 386 486SX 486DX Pentium Circle the speed of your computer(Mhz): 16 20 25 33 40 50 66 90 ___ Circle any that apply: Joystick Mouse Modem_______ SVGA card____________ (speed) (type) Sound Capability: Adlib Sound Blaster SB Pro SB AWE32 PC speaker only Other ____________________________________ Where did you get MVP Bridge for Windows? Friend CompuServe AOL Prodigy Channel 1 Invention Factory World Data Network Ryan's Bar Exec-PC Space BBS Sound Advice BBS (name): _______________________ phone # __________________________ address _______________________________________________________________ Shareware Distributor (name): _________________________________________ Are you a game player? Please answer the following questions about what you like and don't like in computer games. Approx # of commercial games owned: ____ #Registered shareware games: ____ Circle preference: Beautiful Graphics Game Complexity Circle preference: Solo against computer -OR- Modem 2-Player Circle preference: Strategy Action Simulation Other_________ Long term game playability: Few Levels w/ hard difficulty Lotsa Levels --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Send this order form and your check to: MVP Software, 1035 Dallas S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49507-1407 US or Canada 24-hour order line: 800-968-9684. Fax: 616-245-3204. Tech support, information, or overseas order line: 616-245-8376. Installation To install MVP Bridge for Windows, run Setup from your Windows file or program manager. Brief Summary of the Rules Bridge is played by 4 players. All cards are dealt so each player has 13 cards that are kept hidden from the other players. Bridge is played with 2 teams. NORTH and SOUTH form one team, while EAST and WEST form the other. In MVP Bridge for Windows, you will always play SOUTH. A hand of bridge is divided into 2 parts: bidding and play. During bidding you try to describe your hand to your partner and make a claim to the number of tricks you can take. During play you try to make the contract that you bid. Evaluation of the Hand To decide how strong your hand is, we assign points to certain cards. These are called high card points, or 'hcp'. We rate an Ace (A) at 4 points, a King (K) at 3, a Queen (Q) at 2, and a Jack (J) at 1. To count, though, a King must be accompanied by at least one other card in the same suit. We show this as 'Kx", and describe it as a King doubleton. Similarly, to count for hcp, the Queen must have 2 other cards, and the Jack needs 3 other cards. Here are some examples. Kx 3 points AK 7 points AQ 4 points (Q doesn't count) AQx 6 points KJxx 4 points KJx 3 points (J doesn't count) In addition, we can add points for distribution 1 point for 5th card in a suit. 1 point for 6th card in a suit. 2 points for 7th, 8th, etc. When raising trump suit partner has proposed, you can add more points: 3 points for void 2 points for singleton 1 point for doubleton Your total hand value is figured as follows: Hand value = high card points + distribution points + trump For opening bids you usually consider only hcp. For deciding whether your partnership has enough points for game, you can use total points as follows: Points required for game: 3NT or major suit 26 minor suit 29 small slam 33 grand slam 37 Bidding Primer Bidding start with the dealer and proceeds clockwise around the table. The suits are arranged in the following order: CLUBS, DIAMONDS, HEARTS, SPADES. Thus 1S can be bid over 1H, but over 1S, you must bid 2H. Bidding a suit usually says that you wish to use that suit as trump. Bidding normally starts at the lowest level possible, but there are also times when the bidder jumps the bidding (For example, an opening bid of 2H or 3H shows a very different hand from 1H.) Playing in a suit contract makes that suit the 'trump' suit. During play, you must follow the suit played. But if you lack any cards in the suit played (this called a 'void'), you may play a trump, and win the trick. You want to play in trump if you and your partner have at least 8 of the cards in a suit. You may also play without trump (NOTRUMP or NT). Bidding continues until everyone has had a chance to bid and there are 3 passes in a row. The person who first bid the suit of the final bid becomes 'declarer'. The person to the left of declarer is the leader for the first trick. The declarer's partner is dummy - her cards are turned over for everyone to see, after the opening lead. Your goal in rubber bridge is to win 2 games to make a rubber. A game is 100 points made by bidding. This can be the result of one or more hands. Scores vary by suit. CLUBS and DIAMONDS are the minor suits, and are worth only 20 points each. HEARTS and SPADES are the major suits and are worth 30 points each. Thus a contract of 4H would give you 120 points, which is a game, but a contract of 4D gives you only 80 points. No trump is a special case. The first NT level is worth 40 points, and successive levels are worth 30 each. Thus 2NT is worth 70 points, and 3NT is 100, a game. If your contract does not give you a game, it remains a partial score until one side makes game. If a contract is set, the defenders gain points. The following sections offer some simple advice for bidding. Opening Bids You have Distribution of hand Bid HCP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-20 5+ card suit 1 of the suit 16-18 flat (no singleton or void) 1NT 21-22 flat (no singleton or void) 2NT 13+ flat, but good 4 card major 1 major 13+ no previous bid possible 1 minor 4-10 no void, 7 card suit 3 long suit In actual practice, the tendency is not to bid 4 card majors, unless the suit is strong (e.g., AKJx) and there is no alternative. This allows partner to assume that the opener has 5 in the major and to support with only 3. If the suit is good, a 4-3 fit is acceptable. Response to partner's opening bid You have Distribution of hand Bid HCP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- < 6 pass 6-9 support for partner's suit* 2 of partner's suit 10-12 support for partner's suit* jump in partner's suit 13-15 strong trump support in major 4 level 13-15 no major suit at 1 level 2NT 16-18 no major suit at 1 level 3NT 6-18 4 card suit suit at 1 level 18+ 5 card suit Jump shift** 10+ 5 card suit suit at 1 or 2 level 6-9 flat hand, no 1 level bid 1NT * Support is 3 cards of a major or 4 of a minor ** a bid that skips a level of bidding. E.g., 1H - 2S is a jump shift because you could have bid 1S Partner bid 1NT You have Distribution of hand Bid HCP ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-9 Balanced 2NT 10-14 Balanced 3NT <8 5 or 6 card suit 2 of the suit <8 Pass 10+ 5 of a major, 5 or 6 of a minor 3 of the suit (forcing) 7+ 6 card major 4 of the major 10+ no 5 card major 3NT Note: Most players use the Stayman convention which allows a much better description of your hand, and usually keeps the stronger hand concealed while revealing the weaker hand as dummy. Opener started with 1NT Partner Bid Opener's hand Bid ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2NT 17-18 3NT 3 of major 3+ cards in partner's suit 4 of partner's suit 3 of major 2 cards in partner's suit 3NT Opener started with a suit bid Partner Bid Opener's hand Bid ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- New suit: 1 level 12-15, no support for partner 1NT 6 cards in original suit rebid original suit second suit of at least 4 show new suit 12-15, 4 card support raise partner 15-17, 6+ card suit jump original suit 16-18, 3+ support jump raise partner 19-20, 4 card support 4 partner's major 19-20 2NT New suit: 2 level 15-18 2NT (forcing) 12-15, usually 6 card suit rebid original <16, support for partner single raise 17+ reverseID_REVERSE 17+ jump rebid of opener's 17+, 6 card suit jump to game in opener's 17+, 3+ support for partner jump raise in responder's 18+, second suit jump shift (forcing) 19-20 3NT A reverse is the bidding of 2 suits in opposite order from that expected. That is, usually you would bid Spades, then Hearts, to keep the bidding at a low level. If you bid Hearts first, then show Spades, this is a 'reverse' and shows a stronger hand. (Since partner must bid Hearts at the next level to show a preference). Bidding continues, with opener and responder describing their hands. If there is no competition, you should look for a game contract with about 25+ points between the 2 hands. Conventions A convention is a bid that carries additional information and does not promise anything in the suit actually bid. For example, in the Stayman convention, a 2C bid over 1NT says nothing about responder's club suit, but does promise at least 4 cards in at least one of the majors. Conventions are used to describe your hand more accurately. Any conventions in use must be known by all players - you may not have secret arrangements with your partner. The following are brief desciptions of the conventions available in MVP Bridge for Windows. TAKEOUT A takeout double shows at least an opening bid, with support (at least 3 cards) for each of the unbid suits. It may also be made with a hand too strong for an overcall (18+ points). STAYMAN A 2C response to 1NT is artificial and asks partner to bid a 4 card major, otherwise reply 2D. Subsequent bids can invite or bid game directly. BLACKWOOD 4NT asks partner to show Aces: 5C response indicates 0 or 4, 5D shows 1 ace, etc. 5NT asks for Kings. Any other bid is a shutoff. GERBER 4C asks partner to show Aces: 4D response indicates 0 or 4, 5H shows 1 ace, etc. WEAK2 Shows 5-12 hcp and reasonable good 6 card suit. A 2C bid is reserved for any strong hand, so 3C can be made with only 6 cards. A 2NT response asks partner to describe her hand. 3 of original suit shows minimum weak 2. 3NT shows suit headed by AKQ or AKJ. 3 of new suit shows a feature (A, K or Q) and 8-12 hcp. Weak 2's automatically cancel Strong 2's. STRONG2 This is the standard form of bidding a strong hand. It's a natural bid, showing strength and a good suit. Strong 2's automatically cancel Weak 2's. NEGDBL When a partner's opening bid is overcalled, a double by responder is similar to a takeout double. It shows at least 4 cards in the unbid major(s). Minimum 7 hcp. Card Play The person who first bid the suit that becomes the final bid becomes the declarer. To make a contract, you must take 6 tricks, plus the number you bid. Thus a 3H contract requires you to take 9 of 13 tricks. The person to the declarer's left is the leader. The leader selects a card and places it so that everyone can see it. At this point, the partner of the declarer lays down his cards for everyone to see. Partner is now the 'dummy' and his cards are played by the declarer. In MVP Bridge for Windows, when North is declarer, you get to play as declarer, and your original hand becomes the dummy. Play proceeds in a clockwise fashion. You must follow suit. If you are void (have none of that suit), you can play any card. In a trump contract, the highest trump played on the trick wins. The winner of the trick leads to the following trick. Rubber Scoring A rubber is played until one side has scored 2 games. Each game requires 100 pts below the line. If a side has won a game, they are then 'vulnerable'. (This increases the penalties if they are later set in a contract). If a slam is bid and make, additional bonuses are awarded as follows. Not Vulnerable Vulnerable Small slam (12 tricks) 500 750 Grand slam (13 tricks) 1000 1500 You must win 2 games to end rubber. Additional bonus points are then scored: 700 additional points if your opponents won no games, otherwise 500. For each trick by which the declarer fails to make the contract, opponents score the following points (above the line): Not Vulnerable Undoubled Doubled Redoubled First undertrick 50 100 200 For each additional 50 200 400 Vulnerable Undoubled Doubled Redoubled First undertrick 100 200 400 For each additional 100 300 600 If declarer makes a doubled contract, he receives an extra 50 points "for the insult". Playing a Rubber Choosing rubber from the play menu begins a new game of bridge using Rubber scoring. For more information, see Rubber Scoring. Verbose Verbose adds additional information (display with message boxes) to describe conventions being used. It's a good way to learn unfamiliar conventions but does slow down the game some. The menu item display a check mark next to it if verbose mode is on. Simply choose the menu item to toggle verbose on and off. Card Backs MVP Bridge for Windows provides many card backs to select from. Simply click on the card back that you would like used during play. Kibitz Choose which hands to reveal. Note that this destroys basic elements of the game, so should only be used for learning or practice. To toggle kibitzing, click on the card next to the side you wish to change. The card back will be displayed if the hand is not to be revealed, and the Ace of Spades will be displayed if that side is to always be revealed. Background Music The music played in the background can be disabled. Background music is the music you hear while bidding and playing a hand. To disable the background music, choose the Background Music menu item. A check mark appears next to the menu item when background music is enabled. Event Music The music played when a hand is completed can be disabled. To disable the event music, choose the Event Music menu item. A check mark appears next to the menu item when event music is enabled. Explain Hand Choosing explain from the Hand menu explains the current hand from the view of the current player. You are given bidding information, and the estimated HCP and distribution for each player. Hint If you are bidding, it gives you the suggested bid that you should make. If you are playing, it gives you a suggested card to play. It also places the cursor over the suggested card for you. You can also obtain a hint by pressing the right mouse button.